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Placentas provide clues about autism risk at birth, study says
Researchers believe they have come up with a way to tell whether a newborn infant has a higher-than-normal risk of developing autism -- by looking for abnormalities in the placenta shortly after birth. The abnormalities in question are called...
Tags: Ovarian Cancer, University of California, Davis, Medical Procedures and Tests, Behavioral Conditions, Medical Research
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Match Day 2013 results are good for future internal-medicine patients
America’s future doctors are increasingly interested in become primary-care physicians -- good news for America’s future patients. Friday was “Match Day,” the day when fourth-year medical students find out where they’ll...
Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Internal Medicine, Medical Specialization, General Practitioners, Teaching and Learning
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Anna Deavere Smith on healthcare, mimicry and President Obama
Show TrackerAnna Deavere Smith, whose play "Let Me Down Easy" premieres on PBS, talks about the writing process and documentary theater.... -
Dr. Stanley I. Greenspan dies at 68; documented developmental milestones of early childhood
Dr. Stanley I. Greenspan, a psychiatrist who documented the developmental milestones of early childhood and developed the widely used "Floor Time" method for teaching children with autism and other developmental disorders, died April 27 at Suburban...Tags: Colleges and Universities, PBS (tv network), Infants, Mental Health, Health
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Detachable needles on syringes promote hepatitis C transmission, study says
Booster ShotsThe high incidence of hepatitis C infections among drug abusers may be due in part to the use of syringes with detachable needles, which are more likely to transfer viable viruses from one user to the next, Yale University researchers...... -
Stand up for patients
Recently The Times disclosed that Blue Cross of California was asking physicians to report patient conditions that could be used to cancel medical coverage. Amid the furor of physicians all over California, the leadership of the California Medical Assn....Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of Texas at Austin, Health, Hospitals and Clinics, Surgery
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READER SUBMITTED: Copes Named To The Founding Faculty Of The Frank H. Netter MD School Of Medicine At Quinnipiac
HamdenLynn E. Copes, of New Haven, has been appointed to the founding faculty of the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University. As an Assistant Professor of Medical Sciences, Copes will teach anatomy to students at Connecticut's newest...Tags: Arts and Culture, Colleges and Universities, Quinnipiac University, Anthropology, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut)
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Yale faces $165,000 fine after university 'fails to report' four sex offenses
New Haven Register, Conn.Yale University faces a $165,000 fine for "very serious and numerous" violations of the law requiring Yale to report incidents of crime on campus. The U.S. Department of Education, in an April 19 letter to President Richard Levin, charged that Yale...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Fines, Yale University, Colleges and Universities, U.S. Department of Education
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United Tech donates $3 million to Yale Cancer Center
New Haven Register, Conn.Hartford-based United Technologies Corp. has donated $3 million to establish a newly endowed professorship at the Yale Cancer Center in New Haven. The donation, which was announced Wednesday, continues UTC's tradition of supporting cancer care and...Tags: Research, Human Interest, Medical Research, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Hospitals and Clinics
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Yale cancer doctor: Angelina Jolie's mastectomy decision 'shines a light on genetic risk'
New Haven Register, Conn.Angelina Jolie's decision to undergo a preventive double mastectomy "shines a light on genetic risk," Dr. Anees Chagpar, director of the Breast Center at Smilow Cancer Hospital, said Tuesday. Jolie had both breasts removed because she has a mutation...Tags: Ovarian Cancer, MRI (imaging), Salt (movie), Mastectomy, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Yale Researchers Urge More Street Work When Studying People With Both HIV, Hepatitis C
The Hartford CourantResearchers need to work harder to screen high-risk populations for people who are infected with both HIV and hepatitis C, say the authors of a new Yale University study on the incidence of co-infection in the New Haven area. The study, published Tuesday...Tags: Yale University, Medical Procedures and Tests, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Hepatitis
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Release Of Wife Killer From Psychiatric Hospital Hotly Debated Again
The Hartford CourantThe state Psychiatric Security Review Board Friday heard competing testimony on the issue of whether to release wife-killer David Messenger into a Hartford residential treatment center. Messenger was found not guilty by reason of insanity after killing...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Yale University, Hartford (Hartford, Connecticut), Psychiatrists
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